It's very hard to find a music link for this, but I have seen a lot of good advice on household problems from Catters. After years of putting up with my enamel bath the way I acquired it, with an etched surface, lime scale, and the remains of someone's enamel paint on it, I began to think about restoring it. I thought I would have to have it resurfaced, or buy a new one, until I realised that there is more than one way to get a glossy surface back. Not recommended on the vitreous enamel manufacturers web sites, I am attacking it with wet and dry papers and metal polishes, and finishing it with one of those showroom shine car polishes. It is successful and most rewarding (though I have to admit I have not got it quite back to factory setting - I don't want to strip all the enamel off!). The remaining problem is the iron stain, which is too deep to polish off. Does anyone have any folk remedy for rust staining? It's small discrete marks - one's a bit paperclip shaped.

Penny

Music link. 'Twas on a Monday morning, that I beheld my darling,
She looked so neat and charming in every high degree,
She looked so neat and nimble Oh, a polishing her bathtub Oh,
Dashing away with the wet and dry,
Dashing away with the wet and dry,
Dashing away with the wet and dry,
She stripped the enamel away.

And on Tuesday, Wednesday ......